SoCal winds burn homes of rich to ground

ABC 7 News, Los Angeles; Dead Kennedys; Seth Auberon (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

LIVE: At least 13 homes up in flames as Laguna Niguel brush fire grows (updated) More than a dozen multimillion dollar homes mansions on an exclusive Orange County ridge near the beach and harbor overlooking the ocean in Laguna Niguel are now engulfed in flames as a fast-moving brush fire is spreading rapidly amid unusually strong and erratic winds.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Orange County, California (KABC) - More than a dozen homes overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Laguna Niguel are now engulfed in flames as a fast-moving brush fire is spreading rapidly amid strong winds.

The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon (about 2:30 pm) between Laguna Niguel and Laguna Beach near a [waste] water treatment plant, according to the Orange County Fire Authority, and quickly erupted in size.

The fire exploded from about 30 acres around 5:00 pm to 200 an hour later, according to authorities.

The strong winds are reportedly blowing embers into the attics of homes, making it harder for firefighters to get through.

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A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for Coronado Pointe Drive, Vista Court, and Via Las Rosas in the city of Laguna Niguel, OC.

A voluntary evacuation warning has been issued for the Balboa Nyes (Portafina) neighborhood.

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Several homes overlooking the ocean in Laguna Niguel are engulfed in flames as a fast-moving brush fire spread rapidly amid strong winds. Residents and their pets are asked to make preparations should an immediate evacuation order is issued. More

Schadenfreude

LYRICS (Dead Kennedys' "Forest Fire")

No junk food, just earthly goods

I ate weird berries in the woods

Now I'm seeing colors, I'm getting higher

I think I'll start a forest fire!

There's a forest fire climbing the hill

Burning wealthy California homes

Better run, run, run, run, run, run from the fire!

But some of us stay and watch

And we think of your insurance costs

And we laugh, laugh laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, at your lives

Windows covered with bars

Security guards

Is that a house or a fortress

Against the rest of the world?

Windows covered with bars

Security guards

Is that a house or a prison

How you gonna get out?

Electric bull and your tennis courts

Pink sports cars and your boats

Getting fried, fried, fried, fried, fried, fried, by the fire

Windows covered with bars

Floodlights for the yard

It's a pleasure to watch you watch it all melt

But hey!

What about the cocaine

Stockpiled in the basement?

Be a hero and save it

You know you're gonna need it

Where's your brand new pretty wife?

She might still be inside

Either save her or your cocaine from the fire!

But the gates and doors are locked

Cause the burglar alarms went off

Ever wonder why we laugh, laugh at your lives?

Windows covered with bars

Fences spiked with barbed wire

Never looked so helpless engulfed in flames

Cameras watching the walls

Don't forget the dogs

Now you're trapped in your prison

How you gonna get out?

Yeah!

See the gerbil

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run from the fire!